Fox's Crackpot Dr. Keith Ablow Mulling A Run For U.S. Senate

File this one under truth is stranger than fiction. Fox News psychiatrist Dr. Keith Ablow - he of the crackpot, unprofessional and homophobic diagnoses - is considering running for the U.S. Senate in - get this - Massachusetts. As a Republican, of course.

Media Matters reports, via the Boston Herald, that if Senator John Kerry is confirmed as U.S. Secretary of State and vacates his current seat and Scott Brown and William Weld decide not to run, Ablow will consider it. From BostonHerald.com:

(Ablow) could not immediately be reached for comment this morning, but in a statement said: “The dysfunction in Washington and the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut are both signs this country needs help, and, if neither William Weld nor Scott Brown is the candidate to bring that help from Massachusetts to Washington, I will take those who have asked me to run much more seriously.

“It is time, on so many levels, for real leadership based on the truth,” he added.

Seriously? This is the guy who has said on the air, in his role as a medical professional:

I did not evaluate Joe Biden but if someone said to me, "Listen, we want you to do what’s really required to know what happened there," you have to put "dementia" on the differential diagnosis… If this were your Dad or your grandfather, wouldn’t you say, if you brought him to me, "Keith, you gotta tell me, is he suffering with dementia?

Media Matters notes that Ablow is just the latest in a long list of Fox News contributors who have used their Fox platform as springboards for a spot in Republican politics. But if Ablow really thinks he has a shot at winning - well, he ought to have his head examined.

The beautiful Commonwealth of Massachusetts has a strong and very politically involved gay community. So as Ellen points out, if Ablow thinks that he has any chance of winning an election in MA, he needs a check up from the neck up.